Pre-Season games....

[BartonRaz]

Chaps,

One idea that was spoken about (on a thread... somewhere) was doing an 'AFC Rushden and Diamonds On Tour' thing on saturdays this season where AFC R&D supporters go to watch a game, take an AFC flag and posisbly some leaflets (or if the host club are feeling generous collection buckets) and spread the word/generally make people aware that we are still around.

Why not strike while the iron is hot and start now with the aforementioned friendlies?

Anyone interested in this sort of thing then? I noticed that it hadn't been discussed. To be honest I highly doubt clubs will let us hold collections or hand out leaflets but an AFC R&D presence at certain games can only be a good thing.

[davealbon]

Chaps,

One idea that was spoken about (on a thread... somewhere) was doing an 'AFC Rushden and Diamonds On Tour' thing on saturdays this season where AFC R&D supporters go to watch a game, take an AFC flag and posisbly some leaflets (or if the host club are feeling generous collection buckets) and spread the word/generally make people aware that we are still around.

Why not strike while the iron is hot and start now with the aforementioned friendlies?

Anyone interested in this sort of thing then? I noticed that it hadn't been discussed. To be honest I highly doubt clubs will let us hold collections or hand out leaflets but an AFC R&D presence at certain games can only be a good thing.

The prospect of, say, a dozen extra customers coming through the gates might be enough to tempt some clubs to allow us to do a bucket collection.

[neneman]

Maybe if this idea is organised properly, we could contact the clubs in advance, we could get a page in their match programme, explain why we are doing this, what progress we're making and what plans we have.
Lets get afcrd on the map??

[BartonRaz]

Maybe if this idea is organised properly, we could contact the clubs in advance, we could get a page in their match programme, explain why we are doing this, what progress we're making and what plans we have.
Lets get afcrd on the map??

Why would clubs like Cogenhoe, Wellingborough and Raunds want to hold a bucket collection for us? Why would they want to advertise that we're coming back next season. A year from now we'll be playing them in league games.

Allowing us to groundshare is one thing because the clubs will profit significantly from it, but advertising a new club... sorry, can't see it.

[neneman]

I didn't mention bucket collections or wellingborough, cogenhoe or raunds.
Yeah your right proberly a crap idea

[BartonRaz]

I didn't mention bucket collections or wellingborough, cogenhoe or raunds.
Yeah your right proberly a crap idea

Sorry, I wasn't referring to your post when I said about the bucket collections.

[neneman]

yeah no worries, was just thinking of getting people to notice afc rdfc for what it is. . . club run by the fans for the fans etc etc and not rdfc the monster.

[STAGMAN]

It would help a lot of the local clubs in the fact that i can see there gates increasing a lot when they play us . i would hope that in a lot of cases we should outnumber the home support. We won,t be undermining their fan base just putting more money in their coffers

[Downsie53]

I think you should all come and watch the team i play in/manage - Ferrers FC in the Northants Combination!
Pre season friendlies against Rothwell Corinthians and Rushden & Higham Utd.....

[STAGMAN]

Is that you Howard ?